This Feed provides a short summary of the emergency incidents that the Mid and West Wales Fire and Rescue Service have been involved with in the last few days. http://www.mawwfire.gov.uk/beta/press_media_eng/incidents.asp http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Fri, 17 Jul 2008 12:47:33 +0000 Fri, 17 Jul 2008 12:47:19 +0000 Two fire appliances attended a rescue incident on a farm at Builth Wells, Powys. Firefighters using high pressure air bags rescued a person who was trapped under a tractor and the casualty was conveyed to hospital by air ambulance. http://www.mawwfire.gov.uk/press_media_eng/incidents.asp Two fire appliances attended a road traffic collision involving a private motor vehicle which had left the roadway between Arddleen and Guilford at Welshpool, Powys. A female casualty was released by Fire Service personnel. http://www.mawwfire.gov.uk/press_media_eng/incidents.asp Two fire appliances from Neath, one from Port Talbot and three from Morriston attended a fire in a Repair Centre at Old Road, Skewen Neath. A storage facility approximately 20 x 3 metres was destroyed by fire. Firefighters used main jets to tackle the fire assisted by a water tower and ground monitors. A Western Power representative and a Fire Investigating Officer were also in attendance. A joint Police and Fire investigation is taking place today (26/07/10). http://www.mawwfire.gov.uk/press_media_eng/incidents.asp Two fire appliances from Newtown attended a road traffic collision involving a private motor vehicle which had left the A483 roadway near Llandrindod Wells, Powys and gone down an embankment close to the river. A male casualty was assisted from the vehicle by firefighters before being taken to hospital by ambulance. The vehicle was brought to safety by fire service personnel using cutting equipment, environmental packs, low and high pressure airbags. Two rescue boats with appliances from Llandrindod Wells and Hay-on-Wye and a rescue line level 3 from South Wales Fire and Rescue Service were originally requested but subsequently no action was required from them http://www.mawwfire.gov.uk/press_media_eng/incidents.asp Two fire appliances from Newtown attended a road traffic collision involving a light and a heavy goods vehicle on the A470 road at Llandinam, Llanidloes, Powys. A female casualty who had been trapped was released by Fire Service personnel using hydraulic cutting equipment before she was conveyed to hospital by ambulance. http://www.mawwfire.gov.uk/press_media_eng/incidents.asp Two fire appliances from Milford Haven attended a fire confined to the ground floor living room of a two storey semi detached house at Skomer Drive, Milford Haven. The male occupier who had suffered burns to his hand was taken to hospital by ambulance. Firefighters carried out an inspection of the property. http://www.mawwfire.gov.uk/press_media_eng/incidents.asp Appliances from Morriston and Pontardawe attended flooding surrounding and entering a residential property in Graigola Road, Glais, Pontardawe. Firefighters diverted the floodwater away from the property. http://www.mawwfire.gov.uk/press_media_eng/incidents.asp Fire appliances from Pontardulais, Morriston and Swansea Central, also the rescue boat with appliance attended heavy flooding on the roadway and affecting properties at Birchgrove. This was caused by a blocked culvert and firefighters used a main pump, ejector pump and small gear to clear the floodwater with the assistance of the boat crew. http://www.mawwfire.gov.uk/press_media_eng/incidents.asp Two fire appliances from Carmarthen and one from Tumble attended a road traffic collision involving a private motor vehicle on the A48 westbound road between Llanddarog and Carmarthen. A female person was released by Fire Service personnel before being conveyed to hospital by ambulance. http://www.mawwfire.gov.uk/press_media_eng/incidents.asp Two fire appliances attended a road traffic collision involving a saloon car and an empty heavy goods vehicle at Llanfyllin, Powys. Two casualties who had been trapped in the car were released by firefighters using hydraulic cutting equipment. One person was conveyed to hospital by air ambulance and the other person was not injured, http://www.mawwfire.gov.uk/press_media_eng/incidents.asp